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The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine has reported small-arms shots near its mini unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the Russian-occupied city of Luhansk. ”Around 14:00 of April 5, the SMM observed, in violation of the respective withdrawal line, heavy weapons moving in the vicinity of an aerodrome in Luhansk – 1.2km north of the...

The European Parliament (EP) has upheld the European Commission`s decision to grant Ukraine a visa-free regime, according to an UNIAN correspondent. The vote took place as part of an EP plenary meeting in Strasbourg on April 6. Some 521 MEPs voted in favor of the decision, 75 were against, and 36 abstained. As is known, the European Commission...

International reserves of Ukraine fell by 2.2%, to the equivalent of $15.123 billion, according to the National Bank of Ukraine`s website referring to preliminary data as of April 1, 2017. The drop is due to servicing and repayment of state and publicly guaranteed debt in foreign currency. In particular, $ 582.1 million was allocated for...

Iran condemned on Wednesday the chemical attack that left scores dead in Syria, offering help to the victims of the incident, according to Reuters. ”Iran condemns any use of chemical weapons, regardless of who has used it and who are the victims,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Bahram Ghasemi was quoted by Tasnim news agency as saying, as...

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has met with Speaker of the Folketing Pia Kjaersgaard and deputies of the Danish Parliament as part of his official visit to the Kingdom of Denmark to discuss the situation in Donbas, according to the president`s press service. The parties discussed the security situation in Donbas and the implementation of...

Ukraine plans to receive from international partners another $8 billion by the end of 2017, including three more disbursements from the International Monetary Fund, that is $1.9 billion in May, and in August and September, $1.3 billion each, according to an updated memorandum on cooperation between Ukraine and the IMF under the Extended Fund...

The updated Memorandum on cooperation under Extended Fund Facility signed by Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund assumes that the restructuring will be achieved of a $3 billion ”Russian debt” on general terms, applied to other holders of Ukrainian Eurobonds, who have agreed to restructuring. ”It is assumed that the Russian-held bond will...

Turkey may ditch attempts to obtain Japanese and Austrian technology to develop a ”national engine” for its first indigenous new-generation tank in the making, instead turning to Ukraine, according to Defense News. In the past few years, Turkey has unsuccessfully tried to obtain Japanese and Austrian technology for the Altay engine, Defense News...

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has appointed Oleksandr Bankov as the extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of Ukraine to Romania. ”To appoint Oleksandr Serhiiovych Bankov as an extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of Ukraine to Romania,” according to presidential decree No. 99 of April 4. Earlier, Poroshenko appointed Ihor...